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+/*
+ * Copyright 2018- Cisco
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package config;
+
+import java.util.Properties;
+import java.io.FileInputStream;
+
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+public class Config {
+
+  private static Properties properties;
+
+  private final static Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger("VolthaKafkaConsumer");
+
+  public static void loadProperties(String file) {
+    // create application properties with default
+    try {
+      properties = new Properties();
+
+      // now load properties
+      // from last invocation
+      FileInputStream in = new FileInputStream(file);
+      properties.load(in);
+      in.close();
+    } catch (Exception e) {
+      logger.error(e.getMessage());
+    }
+  }
+
+  public static String get(String key) {
+    return (String)properties.get(key);
+  }
+
+  public static String getVesAddress() {
+    return get("onap_ves_address");
+  }
+
+  public static String getVesPort() {
+    return get("onap_ves_port");
+  }
+
+  public static String getKafkaAddress() {
+    return get("kafka_address");
+  }
+
+  public static String getKafkaPort() {
+    return get("kafka_port");
+  }
+
+  public static String getKafkaTopic() {
+    return get("kafka_topic");
+  }
+}